This work presents a modern vision of magnetism and superconductivity which covers both microscopic and phenomenological aspects. The basic information is illustrated with the help of current research topics such as the quantum Hall effect or mesoscopic aspects of superconductivity. The author systematically uses very intuitive examples and arguments in order to familiarize the reader with the underlying formalism. The present textbook addresses primarily graduate students but is also of interest to scientists working in this field.
Author(s): Professor Laurent-Patrick Lévy (auth.)
Series: Texts and Monographs in Physics
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2000
Language: English
Commentary: Original French edition published by InterEdition, Paris, 19972000
Pages: 468
Tags: Magnetism, Magnetic Materials;Mathematical Methods in Physics;Numerical and Computational Physics;Physical Chemistry;Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity
Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Magnetic Field and Induction. Thermodynamics....Pages 3-21
Orbital and Spin Magnetism Without Interactions....Pages 23-60
Exchange Interactions....Pages 61-82
Phase Transitions....Pages 83-100
Mean Field....Pages 101-115
The Ising Model....Pages 117-131
The XY Model....Pages 133-146
Linear Response....Pages 147-178
Spin Waves....Pages 179-204
Quantum Spin Chains....Pages 205-233
Itinerant Magnetism....Pages 235-260
Front Matter....Pages 261-261
Macroscopic Aspects of Superconductivity....Pages 263-284
Ginzburg-Landau Theory....Pages 285-307
The BCS Theory of Superconductivity....Pages 309-336
Vortices in Type II Superconductors....Pages 337-353
The Josephson Effect and Quantum Interferometers....Pages 355-379
Inhomogeneous Superconductivity....Pages 381-406
Representations of Continuous and Point Groups....Pages 407-420
Second Quantisation....Pages 421-427
Exercises....Pages 429-442
Back Matter....Pages 443-468
